APPRECIATION
> NOW THIS IS AN EMAIL THAT IS WORTH SENDING AROUND. DO READ TILL THE END,
> YOU WILL APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU DID!
>
> This is a powerful message for our modern society. Have we lost our bearing
> & our sense of direction?
>
> One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial
> position in a big company.
>
> He passed the first interview; the director did the last interview.
>
>
> The director discovered from the CV that the youth's academic achievements
> were excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate
> research, never had a year when he did not score.
>
> The director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarships in school?"
> The youth answered "none".
>
> The director asked, "Was it your father who paid for your school fees?"
> The youth answered, "My father passed away when I was one year old, it was
> my mother who paid for my school fees.
>
> The director asked, "Where did your mother work?"
> The youth answered, "My mother worked as laundry woman.
> The director requested the youth to show his hands.
> The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect.
>
> The director asked, "Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes
> before?"
> The youth answered, "Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read
> more books. Furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster than me.
>
> The director said, "I have a request. "When you go back today, go and clean
> your mother's hands, and then see me tomorrow morning."
>
> The youth felt that his chance of landing the job was high. When he went
> back, he happily requested his mother to let him clean her hands.
> His mother felt strange, happy but with mixed feelings, she showed her hands
> to the young man.
>
> The youth cleaned his mother's hands slowly. His tear fell as he did that.
> It was the first time he noticed that his mother's hands were so wrinkled,
> and there were so many bruises in her hands. Some bruises were so painful
> that his mother shivered when they were cleaned with water.
>
> This was the first time the youth realized that it was this pair of hands
> that washed the clothes everyday to enable him to pay the school fee. The
> bruises in the mother's hands were the price that the mother had to pay for
> his graduation, academic excellence and his future.
>
> After finishing the cleaning of his mother's hands, the youth quietly washed
> all the remaining clothes for his mother.
>
> That night, mother and son talked for a very long time.
>
> Next morning, the youth went to the director's office.
>
> The Director noticed the tears in the youth's eyes, asked: "Can you tell me
> what have you done and learned yesterday in your house?"
>
> The youth answered, "I cleaned my mother's hand, and also finished cleaning
> all the remaining clothes'
>
> The Director asked, "Please tell me your feelings."
>
> The youth said:
> 1. I know now what appreciation is. Without my mother, there would not have
> been the successful me today.
> 2. By working together and helping my mother, only I now realize how
> difficult and tough it is to get something done.
> 3. I have come to appreciate the importance and value of family
> relationships.
>
> The director said, "This is what I am looking for to be my manager.
> I want to recruit a person who can appreciate the help of others, a person
> who knows the sufferings of others to get things done, and a person who
> would not put money as his only goal in life. You are hired.
>
> Later on, this young person worked very hard, and received the respect of
> his subordinates. Every employee worked diligently and as a team. The
> company's performance improved tremendously.
>
> A child, who has been protected and habitually given whatever he wanted,
> would develop "entitlement mentality" and would always put him self first.
> He would be ignorant of his parent's efforts. When he starts work, he
> assumes that every person must listen to him, and when he becomes a manager,
> he would never know the sufferings of his employees and would always blame
> others. For this kind of a person, who may be good academically, may be
> successful for a while, but eventually would not feel sense of achievement.
> He will grumble and be full of hatred and fight for more. If we are this
> kind of protective parents, are we really showing love or are we destroying
> the children instead?*
>
> You can let your children live in a big house, eat a good meal, learn piano,
> watch a big screen TV. But when you are cutting grass, please let them
> experience it. After a meal, let them wash their plates and bowls together
> with their brothers and sisters. It is not because you do not have money to
> hire a maid, you want them to understand, no matter how rich their parents
> are, one day their hair will grow gray, same as the mother of that young
> person. The most important thing is your children learn how to appreciate
> the effort and experience the difficulty and learn how to work with others
> to get things done.
>
> You would have forwarded many mails to many and many of them would have back
> mailed you too...but try and forward this story to as many as
> possible...this may change somebody for the better
>
> NOW THIS IS AN EMAIL THAT IS WORTH SENDING AROUND. DO READ TILL THE END,
> YOU WILL APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU DID!
>
> This is a powerful message for our modern society. Have we lost our bearing
> & our sense of direction?
>
> One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial
> position in a big company.
>
> He passed the first interview; the director did the last interview.
>
>
> The director discovered from the CV that the youth's academic achievements
> were excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate
> research, never had a year when he did not score.
>
> The director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarships in school?"
> The youth answered "none".
>
> The director asked, "Was it your father who paid for your school fees?"
> The youth answered, "My father passed away when I was one year old, it was
> my mother who paid for my school fees.
>
> The director asked, "Where did your mother work?"
> The youth answered, "My mother worked as laundry woman.
> The director requested the youth to show his hands.
> The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect.
>
> The director asked, "Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes
> before?"
> The youth answered, "Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read
> more books. Furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster than me.
>
> The director said, "I have a request. "When you go back today, go and clean
> your mother's hands, and then see me tomorrow morning."
>
> The youth felt that his chance of landing the job was high. When he went
> back, he happily requested his mother to let him clean her hands.
> His mother felt strange, happy but with mixed feelings, she showed her hands
> to the young man.
>
> The youth cleaned his mother's hands slowly. His tear fell as he did that.
> It was the first time he noticed that his mother's hands were so wrinkled,
> and there were so many bruises in her hands. Some bruises were so painful
> that his mother shivered when they were cleaned with water.
>
> This was the first time the youth realized that it was this pair of hands
> that washed the clothes everyday to enable him to pay the school fee. The
> bruises in the mother's hands were the price that the mother had to pay for
> his graduation, academic excellence and his future.
>
> After finishing the cleaning of his mother's hands, the youth quietly washed
> all the remaining clothes for his mother.
>
> That night, mother and son talked for a very long time.
>
> Next morning, the youth went to the director's office.
>
> The Director noticed the tears in the youth's eyes, asked: "Can you tell me
> what have you done and learned yesterday in your house?"
>
> The youth answered, "I cleaned my mother's hand, and also finished cleaning
> all the remaining clothes'
>
> The Director asked, "Please tell me your feelings."
>
> The youth said:
> 1. I know now what appreciation is. Without my mother, there would not have
> been the successful me today.
> 2. By working together and helping my mother, only I now realize how
> difficult and tough it is to get something done.
> 3. I have come to appreciate the importance and value of family
> relationships.
>
> The director said, "This is what I am looking for to be my manager.
> I want to recruit a person who can appreciate the help of others, a person
> who knows the sufferings of others to get things done, and a person who
> would not put money as his only goal in life. You are hired.
>
> Later on, this young person worked very hard, and received the respect of
> his subordinates. Every employee worked diligently and as a team. The
> company's performance improved tremendously.
>
> A child, who has been protected and habitually given whatever he wanted,
> would develop "entitlement mentality" and would always put him self first.
> He would be ignorant of his parent's efforts. When he starts work, he
> assumes that every person must listen to him, and when he becomes a manager,
> he would never know the sufferings of his employees and would always blame
> others. For this kind of a person, who may be good academically, may be
> successful for a while, but eventually would not feel sense of achievement.
> He will grumble and be full of hatred and fight for more. If we are this
> kind of protective parents, are we really showing love or are we destroying
> the children instead?*
>
> You can let your children live in a big house, eat a good meal, learn piano,
> watch a big screen TV. But when you are cutting grass, please let them
> experience it. After a meal, let them wash their plates and bowls together
> with their brothers and sisters. It is not because you do not have money to
> hire a maid, you want them to understand, no matter how rich their parents
> are, one day their hair will grow gray, same as the mother of that young
> person. The most important thing is your children learn how to appreciate
> the effort and experience the difficulty and learn how to work with others
> to get things done.
>
> You would have forwarded many mails to many and many of them would have back
> mailed you too...but try and forward this story to as many as
> possible...this may change somebody for the better
>
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